The following pictures are from Lembeh strait in North Sulawesi. Lembeh strait, the haven of weird and even weirder creatures, is my absolute favorite critter dive destination, and I hope to get back there very soon again.
Two weeks diving with NAD in the Lembeh strait will give so many options of seeing cool critters. These are some of them. Big thanks to the NAD people for making my stays there so good and productive!
The below pictures are from 6 days of diving around Malapascua. Upwelling and crowds of divers made thresher photography difficult at best, but there certainly are quite some macro opportunities around the island. Thanks to Cling Kleng, which really did his best to put us in the right spot at the right time.
Thresher shark
Thresher shark
Shrimp goby
Lophiocharon lithinostomus, or marble-mouthed frogfish
Juvenile knife fish
Indian mackerel
Warty frogfish
Shrimp goby
Giant spearing mantis shrimp
Pitted stonefish (Erosa erosa)
Demon stinger
Coral scorpion fish
Shrimp goby with shrimp
Shrimp goby
Monad shoal
Parasite on sea star
Spanish dancer eggs
Juvenile harlequin sweetlips
Goby on sea pen
Scorpionfish
Saddleback anemone fish
Peacock mantis shrimp
Juvenile puffer
Cowfish
Frogfish
Monad shoal early morning
Juvenile sea cucumber mimicking a nudibranch
Painted frogfish
Sand perch
Tomato anemone fish
Ascidian
Warty frogfish
Cleaning
Juvenile file fish
Xeno crab
Lophiocharon lithinostomus, or marble-mouthed frogfish
These pictures are from five days stay at Moalboal, Cebu, on a trip arranged by Dykresespecialisten, Sweden. We stayed at the Quo Vadis dive resort and were very well taken care of by Pernilla Sjöö and her staff. A place to return to! The hard corals around the area were very healthy, which was a slight surprise. Moalboal often is just mentioned in connection with Pescador island and the school of sardines, but even if those are very nice, there are several great dive sites around.
The Komodo islands have always been a dream to visit for me, but for various reasons, such as work obligations and other kinds of disturbances, I have never been able to go. However, this year an opportunity opened up to take some time of in late September, and finally I got there. The pictures below are from a nine day trip on the MV Ambai, excellently arranged by The Underwater Tribe with their Luca Vaime as a great trip leader with a keen eye for where to put people in the water safely despite full moon currents. Komodo is a fantastic spot on Earth, with not only truly exceptional diving, but also volcanoes, harsh landscapes, incredible sunsets, and, iconic as iconic can be, the Komodo dragons. Thanks to Luca for excellent dive planning, the guides of Ambai for the guiding and my wife Pernilla for close buddying during the dives.
The Ambai
Gone diving
Sangean island
Sangean volcano
Woman from Bonto village
Woman from Bonto village
Woman from Bonto village
Water buffalo
Water buffalo
Water buffalo
Bonto goat
Komodo landscape
Living on the edge
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Rinca
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo landscape
Komodo monitors, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitors, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitors, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitors, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitor, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitors, Komodo NP
Komodo monitors, Horseshoe bay
Komodo monitors, Komodo NP
Komodo monitors, Komodo NP
Komodo monitors female guarding her nest. Komodo NP
